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ARCTIC REGION (RELEASED ON SEPT. 10, 2025 (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY - RESTRICTED)

1. NORTHERN FLEET WARSHIPS DURING EXERCISE

2. VARIOUS OF TROOPS ADVANCING ON COASTAL AREA

3. FAST BOATS APPROACHING SHORE WITH TROOPS

4. KA-27 HELICOPTER DEPLOYING NAVAL INFANTRY ONTO SHORE

5. VARIOUS OF ALEKSANDR OTRAKOVSKY LANDING SHIP APPROACHING COAST

6. VARIOUS OF AMMUNITION BEING FIRED DURING EXERCISE ARCTIC REGION - RELEASED ON SEPT. 10 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT "RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY" HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY: A detachment of Russian Northern Fleet warships and support vessels conducted an amphibious landing drill on an Arctic island, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday, Sept. 9.

The exercise simulated retaking a position seized by armed groups and securing the landing of naval infantry along the coast.

According to the ministry, fast boats ferried special units ashore for reconnaissance, while the large anti-submarine ship Severomorsk provided artillery support against designated targets. A Ka-27 helicopter was also used to deploy marines on the coastline.

Later, the large landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky moved in to unload armored vehicles, an UR-77 mine-clearing system, and amphibious carriers. Engineers practiced clearing passages through simulated minefields as part of the drill.